Nicholas did his first play opposite Maureen Stapleton in a summer tour of The Gingerbread Lady. He then worked at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, did numerous plays off- Broadway and in Los Angeles at the Coronet Theatre and Cesar and Ruben directed by Ed Begley. Films include Trading Places, The Long Riders, Appointment with Death (with Peter Ustinov and John Gielgud), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (“I don’t knooooww Margot.”) He was Professor Elliot on USA HGH for 3 years. Recently he performed his one-man show Finding Nick at the Zephyr Theatre in LA and at 54 Below in New York. He plays the Russian President on Madam Secretary in addition to being a busy voice-over actor, currently the British robot on MacGyver. He studied with William Hickey and Stella Adler. He is married to the gifted actress-advocate-filmmaker Pamela Guest and is incredibly proud of their children.
FULL CREDITS
FILMS: Halfway Somewhere Else (2013 Cannes FF), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The Joy Luck Club, Trading Places, The Long Riders, Lessons from an Assassin, Morella, Outlaws: The Legend of OB Taggart, Wind Dancer, Brain Masher, Nemesis, Downtwisted, Timescape, A Disaster in Time, My Daughter’s Keeper, Assassin, Appointment with Death, Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan, The Bell Jar
TELEVISION: MacGyver, Sleepy Hollow (2 Episodes), Madam Secretary, Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, CSI: Miami, The Pledge, 24, Shark, Cold Case USA High, Invisible Man, Chrome Soldiers, That’s Life, 18 Wheels of Justice, Pacific Blue, Beverly Hills 90210, FBI: The Untold Story, Robin’s Hoods, Ninja Murders, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Small Killing, Fathers and Sons, Return of Sherlock Holmes, and The Defection of Simas Kudirka
THEATRE: Network (Broadway; National Theatre London), Finding Nick – solo show (54 Below NYC), Cesar and Ruben, The American Way, The Vow, Vivien, Shay, Pay Dirt, A Christmas Carol, Family Business, The Gingerbread Lady, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Native Bird.
TRAINING: BA New School for Social Research, Stella Adler, and HB Studios